On average more than 400 young people applied for Special Educational Needs (Send) support plans last year. The latest ...

Croydon LBC's mayor and some of the council's key local partners have called on the government to rethink its plan to appoint ...

Last month’s local elections saw many new faces sweep to power and take the reins of leadership across England’s local ...

Four more sector bodies have leant their support to LGC’s Councillors for the 21st Century Campaign calling for improved ...

Local government finance reform is a difficult but necessary process with important issues left open in the consultation, ...

Local insight can build a better care model, writes the chief executive of Melton BC. No aspect of local government ...

The “saga” with the backlog of local government audits showed it’s a "serious mistake to take effective audit for granted”, ...

Senior local politicians have spoken out against the government plans to abolish the committee system and prevent the ...

The government plans to abolish the committee system and prevent the creation of new directly elected council mayors. In a ...

We must be loud and clear about the importance of councillors, writes the chief executive of the Local Government Information ...

Online abuse and a lack of respect from the public are the biggest deterrents to people serving as councillors, an LGC survey ...

The government has unveiled plans to overhaul the council tax system in a bid to crackdown on "disproportional enforcement" ...